Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To

request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy

of the data collection plans and instruments, contact the SAMHSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-0525.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways

to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,

including through the use of automated collection techniques or other

forms of information technology.

Proposed Project

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse--Revision--The National

Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is a survey of the civilian,

noninstitutionalized population of the Unitied States, age 12 and over.

The data are used to determine the prevalence of use of cigarettes,

alcohol, and illicit substances, and illicit use of prescription drugs.

The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal government agencies, and

other organizations and researchers to establish policy, direct program

activities, and better allocate resources. For 1997, the core NHSDA

questionnaire will remain unchanged; however, several special topic

modules are expected to change. The total annual burden estimate is

30,220 hours as shown below:

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Number of Average

Number of responses burden per Total

respondents per response burden

respondent (hrs.) (hrs.)

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Household screener.......................................... 53,082 1 0.05 2,654

NHSDA questionnaire......................................... 23,320 1 1.18 27,566

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Send comments to Deborah Trunzo, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: April 23, 1996.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 96-10501 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]

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